Lesson Plans Magic Square

dictionary work

This is to use the dictionary.

Outline: 
1) Ask your staff to write down some words with 4 letters
 - they must be able to explain what the word means
 - they can use a dictionary 
2) Choose a word.
3) Find a word which begins with the last letter of the previous.
4) Repeat
5) Find a word which starts with the last letter of the previous AND ends with the first letter of the first word.


Note:  The squares can be used for the pupil to set a question for others to solve. 

             

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Lesson Plans Questions and Answers

questions and answers + game

This is to promote asking, understanding and replying to a question correctly.
A wonderful resource.

Outline: 
1) Give a 'person' to each player.
2) Ask each learner to ask another a question
 - is your person wearing?
 - does your person have?
Note: understanding of tense and have is necessary.

3) Ask your learners to split into two teams. 

4) Ask each team to ask a question of the other.

            

Lesson Plans eating, shopping and cooking

conversation practice + Thai culture

This is to have a conversation about Thai Food 
and the culture of the family and home

Outline: 
1) Ask your staff to talk about their favourite Thai food.
2) Discuss what other people think.
3) Discuss whether anybody actually prepares the food.


Note: this is not always easy because of the divide between man and women in Thailand BUT if the class are capable this can be a secondary discussion.

             

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Lesson Plans - Answers

conversation practice 

The staff must listen to the question.

Outline: 
1) Ask your staff to think of an answer.
2) Ask your staff to think of the question.
3) Show the staff how the question can be ascertained by the words in the question.

             

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Lesson Plans - A word a day

conversation practice + dictionary work

This is to promote conversation and use of the dictionary

Outline: 
1) Give all your pupils a sheet.
2) Everyday they bring in a new word and what it means.
3) They must be able to share with the class the meaning.
4) Can any of the staff put it in a sentence?

             

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Lesson Plans - Festivals in Thailand

conversation practice + Thai culture

Richard Barrow's blog

This is to have a conversation about the Festivals of Thailand.

Outline: 
1) Ask your staff to explain what a 'festival is.
2) Ask your staff to tell you about a festival in Thailand is.
3) Ask them to explain about the 'other / less common' festivals are.
4) Each member finds about a less common festival and tells the group
 - for example; Por Tor festival; Bun Bang Fai... 


note: I have posted a blog about festivals which will give you some ideas

             

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Lesson Plans - Questions

conversation practice

What is a question?
Many answers are wrong because the question is not understood.

Outline: 
1) Ask your staff to think of a word which means that the sentence is a question.
2) Ask the staff to ask a question of someone else using the word.
3) Reply to the question.
4) Does anyone else have a question?
5) Repeat the process with all the questioning words and start a conversation.

             

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Lesson Plans - Loy Krathong & Festivals

conversation practice + Thai culture

This is to have a conversation about Loy Krathong.

Outline: 
1) Ask your staff to explain what they know about Loy Krathong.
2) Share what Loy Krathong means in Thai culture.
3) Ask your staff what they did in Songkran.

             

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